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Les quatre heures de la toilette des dames, poëme érotique en quatre chants

Illustrated by: Pierre-Thomas LeClerc (French, about 1740–after 1799)
Engraved by: J. Arrivet (French, 18th century)
Engraved by: Louis Michel Halbou (French, 1730–1809)
Engraved by: Louis Legrand (French, 1723–1807)
Engraved by: Jacques Le Roy (French, born in 1739)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Author: Abbé de Favre (French, 18th century)
Publisher: Jean-François Bastien (French, 1747–1825)
Printer: Philippe-Denis Pierres (French, 1741–1808)
1779
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with nine [of ten] etching and engravings
Dimensions Overall: 23.2 x 17.3 x 1.5 cm (9 1/8 x 6 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1419
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Philippe-Denys Pierres, for Jean-François Bastien, 1779

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 376-377
Description(Paris: Philippe-Denys Pierres, for Jean-François Bastien, 1779) Octavo; 45 [of 48] leaves, plus five plates; modern gilt-stamped half red morocco, marbled paper boards.

Literary illustrations.
ProvenanceAlfred Piet (bookplate); acquired in 1905 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.